The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Page #7

That pregnant slug has been

playing us like a cheap film.

That's it.

I'm gonna fight you, Steve.

You never say:
"I'm

gonna fight you, Steve."

You just smile and act natural.

Then you suddenly punch.

You fight your way

and I'll fight mine.

Listen, Ned.

Don't you try ...

I think your "Team Zissou" ring

might have caught me on the lip.

You call yourself my son.

But I just don't see it.

It's nothing personal.

What do you want?

Nothing.

That's so arrogant.

That's... screw off.

I can't believe I've asked

if I could call you dad.

Of course you said no.

I like you call me Stevesie.

It sounds better.

It doesn't mean the same thing.

A week before she killed herself,

my mother told me that you've known

about me since the day I was born.

Is that a fact?

That's a fact.

I ought to stay in

Kentucky where I belong.

Quiet.

Somebody pays for this water taxi.

You got any petty cash on you?

Remind me of sending the owner's parents of a

"thank you" note on a good correspondent stock.

Ok.

This is the message we received earlier

tonight on our answering machine.

"Billy Ubell here.

I am on a pay phone.

"I'm still blind-folded.

"My arms are bound. But a young boy

has been kind enough to assist me.

"There is not much chance I will

get another opportunity to call.

"So I thought I would ask if ...

What? No.

Well, thanks for checking in, Bill.

Next time maybe you could

let us know where you are at.

Based on the quality of the connection, the

variety of wild life in the background and

The lapse of time between Mr.

Ubell's capture and this message,

There is a good chance he is

on one of the Ping Islands.

There used to be a four-star

hotel on Little Ping.

But the entire island was

destroyed by monsoon five years ago.

It's been uninhabited ever since.

I know the place. Hotel Satoir.

I'd like to speak on

the record for a moment.

Eleanor has always been the

brain behind Team Zissou.

By the way, are you going to put in a good

description of the command center set up down here.

Ok, gang. That's the plan.

Set the course for the Ping

Islands, full speed ahead.

You need to hire a team of mechanics

to rebuild the engine first of course.

I know. I am saying after that.

Just because I've decided to save your neck again, help

you do this rescue, doesn't mean you've won me back.

Yes, Ma'am.

Thanks.

The father is out of the picture?

Uhuh.

Actually I was sort of

terrified about having this baby.

Right now, I am not

really scared of anything.

Maybe it's my hormone.

That makes sense.

I'm going to tell you something confidentially,

which will not be mentioned again.

I'm pretty sure I'm the only person

who could say this, including Steve.

Never mind how I found

out. I'm a scientist.

It's the thing that puzzles

me about Ned's situation.

What is it?

Zissou shoots blanks.

Hum.

I think maybe it's because he

spent half of his life underwater.

let's try track 3

against this picture.

"A treacherous reefs surrounds the Ping Islands,

warning intruders to keep their distance.

"Today we discovered one of it's

victims off the coast of Ping Three.

"Our colleague Alistair Hennessey

and his crew are nowhere to be found.

"We will land at dawn.

Not bad.

We will temper with that anyway.

All right, let's go.

Oh, sh*t. Swamp leeches.

Everybody, check for swamp

leeches and pull them off.

Nobody else got hit. I'm the

only one? What's the deal?

What a shame!

They had a bar tender here, who

made the best Rum I ever tasted.

You are ready?

Should we do this?

The barometer is falling. It's

gonna rain in five minutes.

We gotta be quick.

Where are they? Unknown.

We will split into two groups.

I'll take Ned,

Ogata and Wolodarsky.

Thanks.

Thanks a lot for not picking me.

What?

We are smack in the middle of a

lightning strike rescue op, Klaus.

What's the deal?

I'm sick being on B squad.

Listen, maybe you're on B squad.

But you're the B squad leader.

Don't you know me and Estaban

We always thought of

you as a baby brother.

I've always thought

of you two as my dads.

Please don't let any new one

make fun of me for saying so.

I can't guarrantee that,

Klausie. But I'll try.

Can we get on with maneuvers now?

Wolodarsky, got something? Not yet.

Anybody sees anybody? Empty.

I think the whole

place is deserted.

Sh*t!

Ok, let's not get down on ourselves. We

still get two more Ping Islands to check out.

Except I don't know if we

have enough gas to do it.

Damn it, Steve.

This sucks.

I'm disappointed in myself.

My first wife Jacqueline and

I spent our honeymoon here.

Things are pretty different now.

All right, let's check out.

Did you get that?

Yeah.

Good. We'll give them

reality this time.

A wash-up old man with no

friend, no distribution deal.

Wife on the rocks.

People laugh at him.

Feeling sorry for himself.

Can I have a word alone

with my son, please?

Are you all right?

Not really.

By the way, I've been thinking of a

nickname that might mean the right thing.

I came up with "Papa Steve".

I'm sorry I've never acknowledged

your existence all these years.

It will never happen

again, I mean it.

You're my son to me.

Almost more so.

See, for me to meet a guy like

you at this time of my life,

I don't know, it's just...

I want to communicate

my feelings for you.

But...

I think I'm gonna start to cry.

That's ok.

There's something

in the coat check-in.

Hey, Billy. Are you ok?

Did you get my message?

Yeah.

Jesus.

These pirates are monsters.

Well, yeah. They remember I shot one of their

guys in the neck last week and killed him.

So I think we are OK too.

Where is Cody?

Cody?

Steven?

Are you rescuing me?

Fold.

Klaus, bring the dynamite.

They are in there after all.

Run! Go! Move now!

We got some great footage

of your boat out there.

I guess it's totaled.

Perhaps. We are extremely well-ensured.

We will come out ahead, man.

Although allow me, I have to recruit

the crew from scratch next time.

They made soup out of

my research turtles.

Ogato, get the first aid kit.

Klausie, Nedo, dig in here and hold these

weapons off while I call in rendezvous.

We'll meet on the beach.

You're A squad.

Renzo, Renzo.

Anybody? Hello? Hello?

This one is out of juice.

Thanks.

No, Captain.

This is Cedric.

He's a friend.

May I see, Cedric?

Remind me. We'll

send him a red cap.

Wolodarsky, go get the

keys to their fishing boat.

Throw them in the water.

No, wait. They may have

another set. Just blow it up.

Hey, Ned. It looks like we

recovered your inheritance.

Klausie.

That's it. I'm retired.

Oh, no. We forgot

Cody. We gotta go back.

Good bye, Cody.

See, this represent Belafonte.

Here is the island.

That circle represents friendship.

And KS stands for Klaus.

Where's your symbol, Ned?

I don't want to pose myself.

Klaus is right. The flag

needs a Ned's symbol.

I suppose we could put an "N"

on the side of that octopus.

What does that

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